For those believing the tri-state “water wars” were done with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision favoring Georgia, along came legal action last week that could add another decade to the already 20-year-old fight. Florida filed suit against Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court — the legal setting for interstate suits — claiming Georgia has “overconsumed” water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, leaving flows to trickle into the Apalachicola Bay, home of Florida’s struggling oyster industry. Much of the focus of the dispute is on Lake Lanier, metro Atlanta’s main drinking water source.
Fla. lawsuit may restart years of water litigation